Welcome to our first Village update of 2024
With a new year comes a number of new and exciting projects, launches and products on the horizon for Village Media.
Let’s dive in!
Village moves 💫
We welcomed the following team members to our Village over the last few weeks:
PelhamToday reporter Sarah Ferguson
HaltonHillsToday reporter Herb Garbutt
BurlingtonToday reporter Laura Broadley
FlamboroughToday reporter Cara Nickerson
In other team news,we are pleased to announce that former BurlingtonToday editor Brenda Jefferies will be leading the editorial team at our newest site as FlamboroughToday’s editor.
Taking over as editor of BurlingtonToday is former BurlingtonToday reporter Julie Slack.
Congratulations and good luck in your new roles 👏
Welcome our newest site: FlamboroughToday.com 💻
Editorial is busy working on stories, sales is connecting with local businesses, design is creating our brand roll-out and the platform team is building the new site so we are set for a February 6, 2024 launch of Village Media’s newest site: FlamboroughToday.com.
The site will provide news to the Flamborough region, which recently lost its long-time community newspaper, The Flamborough Review.
We will be celebrating the launch on February 6 with a coffee shop event, hosted at Copper Kettle Cafe in Waterdown. Community members are invited to join us for a morning beverage, on us, while meeting the team and sharing what they would like to see from our news site in the future.
PelhamToday turns one 🥳
PelhamToday is celebrating its first anniversary as part of the Village network.
Over the last year, the PelhamToday team, guided by Editor Dave Burket, has shared stories of triumph, tragedy and inspiration. The team has done an incredible job highlighting local businesses, covering community events and delivering the news that matters most to the Pelham community.
Congratulations on your first Village milestone, PelhamToday!
✨ Spotlight on sponsorships ✨
January partnerships with local events, non-profits and initiatives include:
BarrieToday
Events by Morey Made
GuelphToday
Benefit Show - Hockey Heroes in support of Guelph Volunteer Firefighters, Beyond Borders Gala, The Nightingale Centre
HaltonHillsToday
Halton Children's Foundation
MidlandToday
Sledheads Snowmobile Racing
OrilliaMatters
Orillia Soldier’s Memorial Hospital Foundation, Kiwanis Club - 100 year anniversary
SooLeader
i500 Race
SooToday
Strive YPG, Algoma Visionary Awards Gala
ThoroldToday
Benefit Show - Practically Petty & Fleetwood Nicks in support of Make A Wish
Village Media
Children’s Treatment Network
There are 22 new jobs posted for our Village
Open roles we are looking to fill include reporters, editors and account executives in a number of communities. Check them out!
Pawesome Villager of the month 🐾
Meet Lucy! 🐾
Lucy is a rescue who used to be fearful of everything - even going for a walk around the block. But now she’s a friendly regular at Village HQ and has made many two-legged and four-legged friends at the office.
Her favourite thing to do is go for adventures in the snow and her guilty pleasure is garbage straight from the can (as captured on office CCTV).
Proud pet parent: Katie Wright
Until February ...
